22.05.2014
- Venezuela plans to begin its first shale gas exploration campaign in western Lake Maracaibo as part of a joint venture with Brazil's state-run Petrobras. "We've approved the first...
19.05.2014
- US oil and petrochemicals group ExxonMobil has received final approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to build a 1.5 million t/y ethane cracker in Baytown, Texas...
15.05.2014
- US chemicals and energy giant Williams may add a second ethane cracker at its company's Geismar, Louisiana complex in the US. The company said it is seeking partners for the...
13.05.2014
- UK oil and gas exploration company IGas has agreed to take over Australian rival Dart Energy in an all-share deal valuing the acquisition candidate at £117 million. At the same...
12.05.2014
- Ineos has confirmed plans to order additional vessels to transport shale gas-derived U.S. ethane to Europe. The Swiss-based group said the additional supply would help secure the...
12.05.2014
- The U.S. environmental protection agency EPA has announced it will seek public comment on the possible hazards of chemicals and mixtures used in hydraulic fracturing, or fracking...
07.05.2014
- LyondellBasell has received a final greenhouse gas permit from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its multi-plant ethylene expansion program in Texas. The permit is...
07.05.2014
- BASF and Chinese state-owned petrochemical giant Sinopec plan to build a new 40,000 t/y plant for neopentylglycol (NPG) at the integrated production site in Nanjing, China...
